Objective:To investigate the antimicrobial activity of the tissue extracts of Babylonia spirata(B.spirala)against nine bacterial and three fungal patliogeiis.Methods:Crude extract of gastropod was tested for inhibitio...Objective:To investigate the antimicrobial activity of the tissue extracts of Babylonia spirata(B.spirala)against nine bacterial and three fungal patliogeiis.Methods:Crude extract of gastropod was tested for inhibition of bacterial and fungal growth.Antibacterial assay was carried out by disc diffusion method and in vitro antifungal activity was determined against Czapex Dox agar.The antimicrobial activity was measured accordingly based on the inhibition zone around the disc impregnated with gastropod extract.Molecular size of muscle protein was determined using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE).And fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT1R)spectro photometry analysis was also studied.Results:The maximum inhibition zone(12 mm)was observed against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the crude ethanol extract of B.spirata and the minimum inhibition zone(2 mm)was noticed against Staphylococcus aureus in the crude methanol extract of B.spirala.Water extract of B.spirala showed the highest activity against Vibrio parahaemolyticus,Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans.Ethanol,acetone,methanol,chloroform and water extracts showed antimicrobial activity against almost all the bacteria and fungus.Compared with water extracts,ethanol and methanol extracts showed higher activity against all pathogens.The molecular weight of protein of the gastropod sample ranged from 2-110 kDa on SDS-PAGE.FTIR analysis revealed the presence of bioactive compounds signals at different ranges.Conclusions:The research shows that the great medicinal value of the gastropod muscle of B.spirata may be due to high quality of antimicrobial compounds.展开更多
文摘Objective:To investigate the antimicrobial activity of the tissue extracts of Babylonia spirata(B.spirala)against nine bacterial and three fungal patliogeiis.Methods:Crude extract of gastropod was tested for inhibition of bacterial and fungal growth.Antibacterial assay was carried out by disc diffusion method and in vitro antifungal activity was determined against Czapex Dox agar.The antimicrobial activity was measured accordingly based on the inhibition zone around the disc impregnated with gastropod extract.Molecular size of muscle protein was determined using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE).And fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT1R)spectro photometry analysis was also studied.Results:The maximum inhibition zone(12 mm)was observed against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the crude ethanol extract of B.spirata and the minimum inhibition zone(2 mm)was noticed against Staphylococcus aureus in the crude methanol extract of B.spirala.Water extract of B.spirala showed the highest activity against Vibrio parahaemolyticus,Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans.Ethanol,acetone,methanol,chloroform and water extracts showed antimicrobial activity against almost all the bacteria and fungus.Compared with water extracts,ethanol and methanol extracts showed higher activity against all pathogens.The molecular weight of protein of the gastropod sample ranged from 2-110 kDa on SDS-PAGE.FTIR analysis revealed the presence of bioactive compounds signals at different ranges.Conclusions:The research shows that the great medicinal value of the gastropod muscle of B.spirata may be due to high quality of antimicrobial compounds.
